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October 12, 2015

Me On Monday - Thanksgiving Day

It was one of those weekends where at times you're busy as all get out and at other times you're twiddling your thumbs.

It was a weekend of trying to make as much done on Saturday before our big dinner on Sunday as possible, running out for that one vital thing we forgot in Friday's grocery shopping - a tinfoil roasting pan. Bread was laid out to get stale, cranberries were put in the food processor to combine with other things to make Cranberry Grand Marnier relish.

A bit of time was found for some scrapbooking (2008's trip to London and the Baltic and last year's trip to Hawaii, New Zealand and Australia) in hopes of taking advantage of Persnickety's sale. Work was done on 31 Days of Thankfulness (a Cathy Zielske workshop) after deciding on a different colour scheme, there was a quick trip to the postal outlet before it closed until Tuesday to pick up the album I'd ordered for it. Time was also found for some reading - finishing up a Clive Cussler book John had lent me to read while I was in the hospital a couple of weeks ago and "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up" (Marie Kondo).

There was deck clearing to be done too as we are supposed (the contractor did say the second week of October but we haven't heard anything more from him) to be starting the demolition and rebuild of the deck and new patio this week. Chairs and umbrella were put back down into the basement till spring.

It was a weekend of quickly trying to find something else to have for dinner when I realized (afer searching the internet for a recipe) what I had planned would take 90 minutes to 2 hours and it was already 6:00. Solution - use up some of those 2 dozen eggs we'd accidentally bought when meaning to get only 1 - a Frittatta.

Sunday was all out preparing for Thanksgiving dinner that day. It was only the 2 of us but boy all the prep that goes with it is something else - 8 hours of prep and 20 minutes to eat it. Oh well we have lots of left overs.

Today is going to be a day of cleaning up - boy the pots and pans needed yesterday were unbelievable. :) It's also going to be a chance to catch up via Skype with John's sister and her husband who are at their home in Turkey right now and getting ready to return to England for a bit. I worry about them when they're in Turkey what with all that is going on in that part of the world right now. Hopefully we'll find some time to get out and enjoy the beautiful weather we're having today - it's in the 20's (that's Celsius not Fahrenheit) and bright and sunny. Yesterday was like that too but I didn't get a chance to get out and enjoy it but did have all the windows open.

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Me On Monday - Thanksgiving Day

It was one of those weekends where at times you're busy as all get out and at other times you're twiddling your thumbs.

It was a weekend of trying to make as much done on Saturday before our big dinner on Sunday as possible, running out for that one vital thing we forgot in Friday's grocery shopping - a tinfoil roasting pan. Bread was laid out to get stale, cranberries were put in the food processor to combine with other things to make Cranberry Grand Marnier relish.

A bit of time was found for some scrapbooking (2008's trip to London and the Baltic and last year's trip to Hawaii, New Zealand and Australia) in hopes of taking advantage of Persnickety's sale. Work was done on 31 Days of Thankfulness (a Cathy Zielske workshop) after deciding on a different colour scheme, there was a quick trip to the postal outlet before it closed until Tuesday to pick up the album I'd ordered for it. Time was also found for some reading - finishing up a Clive Cussler book John had lent me to read while I was in the hospital a couple of weeks ago and "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up" (Marie Kondo).

There was deck clearing to be done too as we are supposed (the contractor did say the second week of October but we haven't heard anything more from him) to be starting the demolition and rebuild of the deck and new patio this week. Chairs and umbrella were put back down into the basement till spring.

It was a weekend of quickly trying to find something else to have for dinner when I realized (afer searching the internet for a recipe) what I had planned would take 90 minutes to 2 hours and it was already 6:00. Solution - use up some of those 2 dozen eggs we'd accidentally bought when meaning to get only 1 - a Frittatta.

Sunday was all out preparing for Thanksgiving dinner that day. It was only the 2 of us but boy all the prep that goes with it is something else - 8 hours of prep and 20 minutes to eat it. Oh well we have lots of left overs.

Today is going to be a day of cleaning up - boy the pots and pans needed yesterday were unbelievable. :) It's also going to be a chance to catch up via Skype with John's sister and her husband who are at their home in Turkey right now and getting ready to return to England for a bit. I worry about them when they're in Turkey what with all that is going on in that part of the world right now. Hopefully we'll find some time to get out and enjoy the beautiful weather we're having today - it's in the 20's (that's Celsius not Fahrenheit) and bright and sunny. Yesterday was like that too but I didn't get a chance to get out and enjoy it but did have all the windows open.